The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-11-25
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"Do you expect to win in your dress re-
form movement was asked Of Mrs. Annie
Jenness- Miller, 10 e. 18th St, New York,
editor Of Dress.
"Why do you object to the present
L is ungraceful, deforming and iniuri-
"Do ladies generally support the reformq''
Yes, very generally. My correspond
ence is very heavy. Next to Mrs. Cleve-
lands mine is said to be the largest daily
mail of any WOman's in the United States,
and from not only every State in the Union
out from almost every country of Europe"
:" Is the magazine, Dress, succeeding .
every handsomely, indeed. Dress, has
been published less than a year, and I am
gratifed with reports from all over the
world of the acceptance by ladies in the
very highest rank, Of the reform which
Mrs. Miller is q comely woman in appear
ance, and is very enthusiastic in her dress
reform agitation. As the New York Graphic
says: "She herself is young and attractive,
to suggest strength, power and beauty"
The reform which she IS urging with so
much eloquence and grace seems to be the
coming one. Mrs. Jenness-Mlller has the
advantage of high social position, being of
The same family of the late Wendell Phil
lips, and the poet, Oliver Wendell Holmes,
1T is in the fashionable world, of course,
where all the styles are determined, and
where the change must begin,' she says.
Chow do you endure SO much work and
keep 50 wen2'
ideas, and furthermore, I give myself the
best of care and treatment. Six years ago,
/ was nearly exhausted from my work Of
lecturing, writing, etc"
ttNoE am not now. am now per
fectly well woman and intend to remain so.
You see understand the laws Of life too
well to be, or remain Ill, but strange as it
may seem for one to say who is opposed to
medicines on general principles, II / find
myself tired or feeling i'll l fly to the one
single remedy which do endorse, and that
is Warmers safe cure, which gives new en-
ergy and vitality to all my powers. 1t is in
deed whatI sometimes call my stand by
/ have many opportunities to recommend it,
and embrace them gladly, because / know
that it is thoroughly reliable, and for women
especially efectjUe. Indeed, / often find my
self recommending it to my friends as
warmly as I do my magazine, or indeed my
improved garments, and this I would not do
did not personally know of its virtues"
Mrs. Miller insists thatall women can and
must be beautiful, and will be so il they
follow her style of dress and self treatment
''Will you not state, briefly, IN just what
Your reform consistSY"
sOh, with pleasurel I propose a jersey
fitting garment to be worn next to tho body,
making of woman vision of loneliness
Il 'AOver this put cotton or linen gar
ment, of one piece, without bands or bind
ing covering the entire body also.
iii. Gin place Of the pettcOats, propose
one complete body covering garment called
aeglettes'
". tSVV 0 abandon the corset entirely "a
] totally unfit for use, in its common form,
/ and we substitute therefor a supple cup
! porting waist, and then we make the out
side gown as beautiful as artistic skill and
common sense can design"
Mrs. MiIer's words Of counsel, which
every woman should heed, will undoubted-
" give to tho women OF America some new
\ ideas upon a subject 50 very near 10 each OF
them.